I’m Rei. I like weird shit! I’m also known as Cryptid Rei in most other places, and as Horror Movie Rei in Doom circles.

Art and media that is weird, crude, obscure, violent, fringe, or generally taboo. Unfiltered human expression and strange anecdotes and ephemera from real life.

I’m a person shaped “thing”, I'm a nobody with no place in this world.

I’m some sort of cryptid.

Just my little digital priest hole where I get to share projects and talk about things I like to no one in particular. If anyone at all.

I tend to gravitate towards things that defy convention, and/or that are completely unfiltered and self indulgent. For me it's not a matter of it being popular or not, but rather of it being honest. Sometimes I just like things that are cool and kick ass also.

Yes! As a matter of fact I’m big into horror in general. In movies, books, games, mixed with comedy, played straight, schlock, thoughtful, playful, etc...

Here are some in no particular order:

• Evil Dead (the original trilogy);
• Braindead (aka Dead Alive);
• The Thing;
• Suspiria and Inferno;
• Basket Case;
• Bad Taste;
• Hellraiser 1 and 2;
• Re-Animator;
• Phantasm;
• Phenomena;
• Halloween (the original);
• Street Trash;
• Return of the Living Dead;
• Friday the 13th (Part 4 and 6);
• Nightmare on Elm Street (Part 1 and 3);
• My Bloody Valentine;
• Tetsuo the Iron Man trilogy;
• Carnival of Souls;
• Alice Sweet Alice;
• Hausu.

And here are some movies and stuff I like that aren’t horror:

• Robocop 1 and 2;
• Commando;
• Blade;
• They Live;
• Project A-Ko;
• Genocyber;
• Nightmare Before Christmas;
• Rocky Horror Picture Show;
• Holy Mountain;
• The Wall;
• Gummo;
• EVERYTHING by Jan Svankmajer;

Either something fast that gets you pumped, or slow and melancholic. So basically a lot of metal, electronic/techno/breakcore and adjacent genres, shock rock, punk, a bit of rap and a bit of prog rock and some indie stuff. I’m not good with genre names, and much less with sub genres, but I think you get the idea.

I am by no means a music expert, I'm just a casual listener.

A small sample in no particular order:

Albums:

• All of Alice Cooper’s 70’s stuff;
• ”Ready to Die” by Notorious B.I.G.;
• ”Rust in Peace” and “Peace sells” by Megadeth;
• ”Walk Among US” and “Earth A.D.” by the Misfits;
• ”The Wall”, “Animals”, and “Wish you were Here” by Pink Floyd;
• ”Money Store” by Death Grips;

Songs/music:

• A LOT of assorted Aphex Twin stuff;
• ”Sempiternal”, “Fallen Angel”, “Bliss” by Surren-T;
• ”Hypercore” by Iwakura;
• ”Lexapro Delirium”, “Make me Sad”, and “Psychosis” by Sewerslvt;
• "Painkiller", "Jugulator", and "Burn in Hell" by Judas Priest;
• ”Blood and Thunder”, “Oblivion”, “Divinations”, and “Dry Bone Valley” by Mastodon;
• ”Cubism”, “Internet Yamero”, and “Internet Overdose” by Aiobahn;
• ”Out of my mind” by tdstr;
• ”Death Valley” by Blednost;
• ”Megatron” by Chu Ishikawa;
• ”Fairy Dreamin” by WIZZ-KISS;
• Mili’s songs for Limbus company :3

...and many more!

Of course, look at the whole aesthetic of this website! I like retro games and indie games. I don’t play a whole lot of modern AAA games, and I’m pretty picky with anything post 2010 in general unless it’s indie. It’s very rare that I’ll play something super big nowadays, and it’s usually only when it’s exceedingly good, or if I can play it with friends. I'm not a fan of a lot of modern trends and “business models” that plague AAA gaming, and I hate that games have ballooned both when it comes to size and system requirements. I never did get used to these changes. I at best put up with it.

But yes, I do love video games, even if the industry standard displeases me.

In no particular order:

• Classic Doom (Doom 1, 2 and 64);
• Doom 2016 and Eternal;
• Quake 1 + expansions;
• Blood;
• Rise of the Triad;
• Wolfenstein 3d (2nd Encounter campaing in particular);
• Turrican 1, 2 and Mega;
• Splatterhouse 1, 2 and 3;
• Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti;
• Yume Nikki;
• Yume 2kki;
• .flow;
• Terraria;
• Abuse;
• Jill of the Jungle;
• Shock Troopers 2nd squad;
• Cave Story;
• Kero Blaster;
• Space Funeral;
• Hylics 1 and 2;
• Legacy of Kain series (specially Soul Reaver 1 and 2);
• Ib;
• Dark Souls 1;
• Binding of Isaac;
• Postal 1(& Redux) and 2;
• Sonic 3 & Knuckles;
• Contra Hard Corps;
• Gunstar Heroes;
• Alien Soldier;
• Pseudoregalia;
• Skeleton Krew;
• Robocop vs. The Terminator (Mega Drive);
• Super Metroid;
• Metroid Zero Mission;
• Metroid Fusion;
• Demon’s Crest;
• Kirby’s Adventure;
• Kirby Super Star;
• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood;
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night;
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia;
• Parasite Eve 2;
• Crash Bandicoot 1, 2 and 3;
• Megaman X4;
• LSD Dream Emulator;
• The Misadventures of Tron Bonne;
• Spider-man (2000);
• Nightmare Creatures 2;
• Carmageddon 1;
• Project Altered Beast;
• Devil May Cry 3;
• GTA San Andreas;
• Shadow of the Colossus;
• Zortch;
• Ultrakill;
• Faith;

...And many, many more!

I don't enjoy playing the popularity game, and I don't want too many eyes on me. I also hate the etiquette of such places, I hate the mob mentality, I hate the dog piling, and I specially hate the puritanical/conformism/moral panic when it comes to discussing art. I engage with social media in a very passive way, and I have no intention of changing. I never felt at home on those huge platforms, too agoraphobic.

I’m doing this all for myself! I could just keep a diary, or keep my projects in my hard drive, but presenting them like this is a lot more fun! It’s all about the experience, that’s what adds flavor to life. And if you’re here and you’re enjoying yourself, that’s great too!

Once you get to a certain age you realize that keeping up appearances is pointless. People either fuck with you or they don’t. Plus, this is my personal website, I can be as obnoxious as I want! It’s not like I’m gonna be showing up on anyone’s “timeline” or whatever.

But that's about as much as I'm willing to talk about myself directly. How about checking the rest of the observatory?